CNN in Spanish highlighted the "Spectra" App within the article titled "A Colombian app helps control Chikungunya", being currently the only application that helps monitor, manage, and collect data of interest for the control of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which transmits, among others, dengue and Zika.
Our firm AZ Consultores (AZC) handles all matters concerning the protection of all intellectual property of such an important development, providing full support to the team of the International Center for Training and Medical Investigations (CIDEIM) and Icesi University of Colombia.
The SPECTRA application facilitates experts' analysis of insect behavior, and also allows setting the geographic location of mosquito breeding sites via GPS coordinates. Therefore, the international news network CNN, based in New York, USA, has highlighted the great importance of this App in the fight against the spread of Zika and its transmitting vector, considering that currently, according to the Pan American Health Organization, this virus has spread to more than 20 countries, generating a public health crisis.
To read the news generated by the international network CNN about the SPECTRA application, you can visit http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2014/10/03/spectra-app-chikunguna/